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She was well-acquainted with the party scene.
When we got there, she said, I thought, its just us, not a real party.
She had experimented with the drug when she lived in Colorado.
I took one from him, she said.
And he put a second one in my hand.
Cosby allegedly told the young woman to take both pills, saying, Itll be okay.
Even though I didnt know him, she said.
Before long she said she was looking down at the board and getting dizzy … my head was spinning.
She distinctly remembers saying, This game isnt fair anymore.
The next thing Baker-Kinney recalled, she told the court, was being on the couch.
My shirt was unbuttoned and pants were undone, she said.
Baker-Kinney has no idea how much time had passed when she woke up naked in bed next to Cosby.
He was touching her belly and genital area when she came to.
I was ashamed, she told the jury.
Baker-Kinney said she blamed herself for taking the pills and everything that subsequently happened that day for 30 years.
The defense, led by Tom Mesereau, latched onto the fact that Baker-Kinney had taken the pills voluntarily.
He also questioned why Baker-Kinney waited three decades to allege that Cosby had raped her.
Well, I took drugs, she kept saying.
So for 30 years you didnt suspect someone had sexually assaulted you?
For 30 years I didnt think about it, said Baker-Kinney after a pause.
I didnt want to think about it.
I didnt want to hear about anyone else who might have said similar things, she said.
For the past three days they have been telling their traumatic stories to a rapt courtroom.
The attorney, who also defended Michael Jackson in a 2005 child-molestation trial, called Constand a gold digger.
By all accounts, shes someone who already has access to both fame and money.
In 2014, Dickinsonpublicly accused Cosby of drugging and raping herin Lake Tahoe in the early 1980s.
Shessuing the comedian in civil courtin Los Angeles for saying she was lying about the allegations.
Cosby has denied all allegations, and he has called his relationship with Constand consensual.
